Artist
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN
Hiding under the name of Electric Frankenstein was
Paolo Tofani, guitarist extraordinaire with Area and
60's groups Noi Tre and Califfi before them.
With this name he released a solo album in 1975, on Cramps label, that's more a
guitar extravaganza than a serious album.
With long spacey guitar solos by Tofani and all the instruments played by himself, the album will appeal to acid-psych lovers rather than prog fans. Mostly instrumental with vocal parts in English, the album contained some reworkings of his previous works with I Califfi and also had two tracks released as a single.
Tofani also released another solo album in 1977, Indicazioni, also on Cramps, before entering a Hare Krishna community. With another Krishna devotee Claudio Rocchi, he has released an album in 1980, Un gusto superiore, on the Iskcon label.
(the trolley icon 
lets you order the CD from BTF website)
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| Electric Frankenstein (What me worry?) | Cramps (CRSLP 2001) | 1975 | single cover |
| Cramps (5202 001) | 1978 | as above | |
| Akarma (AK 1005) | 2000 | as above | |
CD |
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| Electric Frankenstein (What me worry?) | Cramps (CRSCD 015) | 1991 | reissue of 1975 album |
| Akarma (AK 1005) | 2000 | as above | |
| Edel (CRA 0139092) |
2002 | as above - digipack cover | |
| The complete Florence/London sessions 1966/73 | Beat.it (BT 302) | 2007 | compilation of unreleased recordings made between 1966 and 1973 |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve) |
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| The
land of the magic wizard Moon walk |
Cramps (CRSNP 1702) | 1975 | both tracks from Electric Frankenstein |
Rather common until mid 90's, Electric Frankenstein album
has recently become expensive and less easy to find.
It has a single cover and two different issues of the Cramps LP exist, with
different numbers, see above for details.
No counterfeits exist, nor foreign issues.
The 2007 CD The complete Florence/London sessions, credited to "Paolo Tofani a.k.a. Electric Frankenstein", contains 19 unreleased recordings made, as the title suggests, in Italy and England between 1966 and 1973, including some tracks from the Electric Frankenstein album period.
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Electric Frankenstein - LP |
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The land of the magic wizard - 7" single cover |
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| Paolo Tofani/The complete Florence-London sessions 1966-1973 - CD |
The website of Paolo Tofani, including information on his past musical career is at http://www.krsnavision.com
